The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-02-10
SPIRITUALISM.

SPIRITUALISM.
weadern Statements Ceaceralas Late seanes:
A series Of spiritualistic seances was
held in Buffalo ashdrt time ago, which
is described at lentgh by the Cleveland
Plain Dealers The sear1ces took place
In a room in a hotel; there was no
cabinet or other paraphernalia such
as are usually employed, but simply
a quilt suspended across one corner;
and behind this curtain a chair: There
was no chance for confederates, the
use of trap doors or any means of
fraud or deception. The hotel-keeper,
his family and party OF friends, in
Guiding q Cleveland commercial tray
eler, composed the company present:
The only door to the room was locked,
and one Of the party held tho key:
The Plain Dealer makes these extra:
ordinary statements:
The medium, a large and rather
heavy woman about forty.five years
OF age, clad wholly in dark clothing,
went behind the curtain and sat in the
chair. Each member of the circle went
up to the curtain and, looking behind
it, saw nothing there but an elderly
lady sitting on q chair. The curtain
was drawn and all sat down. In less
than one minute the curtain was
swung back and something came out
into the semi.circle formed by the sit.
tors. It was not the woman who
went behind the curtain. 1t was the
figure OF little girl, apparently not
more than six years old. Slight of
form, with fair face and golden hair,
and clad IN robe OF white glittering
with stars and shining with a peculiar
phosphorescent glow. That this
child, plainly seen by all. was not be-
hind the curtain a minute before, that
she was not in the room, that she
did not 90 behind the curtain from
without any time, and that there was
no other physical means OF getting
there, all knew beyond doubt.
Yet there was the figure. plain, palpa-
BILE, conscious, aliving reality. That at
least was a physical fact beyond con-
trOversy.
The writer's informant, the Cleve-
land travlin; man, while astonished
at what he saw at the first sitting,
was perplcxed in mind because moth
ing came to him personally and was
inclined to believe there was some no.
cus-pocus about it, although he could
not see how there could be. So he
went back the second night full OF
doubt. and not expecting much. The
manifestations had hardly begun when
Daisy" the chill-spirit before men,
toned who had come, came out into
the circle and said: "Mr. E., there is
spirit here who says he knows YOU"
"Who is it?" asked Mr.. E. ale says
he thinks you ought to know him. He
will materialize SO you can see him."
With that thefo of a man came out
from behind the curtain, the little girl
remaining outside at the same time.
Mr.. E. asked the form to come closer
and it did so, extending its hand. II
took the hand" says Mr.. E.,
land looked close at the face,
recognizing it at once. It was all old
friend of mine that I had known in
this city, where he was connected with
a daily paper. said in amazement:
1t is Jack H. You know me then,
Dick spoke the form before me call
ing me by name, which am sure the
medium did not know. Il think do
said, but if that is, indeed, my old
friend lack H tell me something that
you only and l know of and will be-
lieve.' Il can do that, he answered.
You remember that you and | were
on the steamer ten years ago crossing
the lake from Detroit to Cleveland
when big storm came up and we
thought we were going to be wrecked?
I had forgotten all about the circum-
stance and had not thought of it for
years; but l remembered it then, and
said so. we were in our berth in a
state.room, were we not?' acknowi-
edged that this was so. when We
thought the boat was going to sink we
got up and seized the only ife-preserv-
err in the state-room and rushed up
on deck, you after me, shouting to me
to let you have the life-preserver?'
remembered that also. DO you re-.
member what 1 said?' No, I could
not recall that. L can tell you, he
said. "1'|l let you have it when am
done with it," Can you remember
now' l remembered. These were the
very words. had forgotten them.
had not thought OF the circumstance
for years; yet here comes a shadow
from the land of shadows, claiming to
be my friend who died, and who
brought with it the form, the features,
the voice of that friend, telling me OF
something that only my friend and l
knew, and something that l had for
gotten myself. Was it not my friend?
Was it not what it pretended to be?
If not that, then what was it? If it did
not come from the invisible world,
bringing with it conscious indivlduali-
ty of that friend of mine, whence WAS
The second manifestation came in
the form OF young lady lie had
known years before, and with whom
he used to sing a song that had AL
most passed from his memory. He
recognized the form. and it sang the
song, which he instantly recalled. If
that was not the spirit OF the girl with
whom the man had sung this song
years before, what was it, and who
else could have known of that song?
"Are you happy?" asked E., franz
ing almost unconsciously she question
that comes first in our minds when we
think of those from whom death has
separated us. "In space, iii time no
more, but the same always, eternally,"
answered the form as it faded into
emntv air and WAS gone
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